{"cve":"CVE-2026-97473","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-24T17:17:24.390","modified":"2026-09-28T06:16:33.170","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npowercap: intel_rapl: Fix memory leak in rapl_add_package_cpuslocked()\n\nWhen topology_physical_package_id()/topology_logical_die_id() returns\na negative value, rapl_add_package_cpuslocked() returns ERR_PTR(-EINVAL)\ndirectly without freeing the rapl_package structure that was just\nallocated by kzalloc_obj(), leaking memory on every failed package\naddition.\n\nUse the existing err_free_package label so that the allocation is\nreleased on the error path.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e9e9337e03be946ec93f2c9d28dab242482be1b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/992c60771749d8d8cbfbd06049785fff95c72df1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfc7d93bc5e12288e5dc6bb54260f68cdf5a5c47"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:56:02.509636177+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-97473","score":0.00166,"percentile":0.05838,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}